MONTGOMERY TWP. — An elderly township husband and wife accused of leaving multiple vulgar, harassing and threatening messages on another woman’s voice mail last month are headed for county court after a judge ordered trials for the couple on Friday.

Thomas M. Kane, 71, and Shirley C. Kane, 74, of the 300 block of Country Club Drive, who were arraigned before District Judge Andrea Hudak Duffy of Montgomery Township on Nov. 29, appeared separately for their scheduled preliminary hearings before Duffy on Friday morning. The still-incarcerated Thomas Kane was led by police into court handcuffed and clad in a blue prison jumpsuit, while his wife, who is free on bail, arrived at court on her own in street clothes.

Shirley Kane waived all three charges levied against her — misdemeanor counts of stalking, terroristic threats and harassment — and no adjustment was made to her $10,000 cash bail, which she posted on Dec. 2, three days after being committed to Montgomery County Correctional Facility.

Her husband, meanwhile, who’s been behind bars since his arraignment, agreed to a stipulated hearing in which the two charges filed against him — misdemeanor terroristic threats and misdemeanor harassment — were held for trial.

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Duffy ordered his bail lowered from $10,000 cash to $25,000 unsecured — meaning Kane was expected to be released from jail later on Friday without having to post bond — although the judge added a bail condition that he is not allowed to have any contact with the victim in the case.

“Sir, when I say no contact, I mean no contact,” Duffy said to Kane in a stern voice. “Not by any means. Not by third persons on your behalf. No contact whatsoever. I want this to mean something this time.”

“I understand,” he replied.

“Let’s hope this woman can have some peace,” Duffy said of the victim, who was in the courtroom for the proceedings.

Montgomery Township police said that in October, the victim, who lives in the township, contacted them to report she had been receiving harassing phone calls from a woman she believed was Shirley Kane — she told police her caller identification showed the calls were coming from Kane.

Because of prior contacts involving the victim and Shirley Kane — authorities said the woman has been harassed by the Kanes for more than five years, stemming from what police described only as “unfounded” allegations on the part of Shirley Kane — officers told the victim to contact her phone provider and request a trace be put on her phone, which the woman agreed to do, according to documents filed in district court.

Investigators said that information sent to them from Verizon Legal Compliance indicated that 10 calls were placed to the woman between Nov. 7 and Nov. 27 from a number listed to Shirley Kane.

The woman told police that all of the calls went to her voice mail, and investigators listened to all the messages — some left by a female and others left by a male — according to court documents.

On several of the messages, police said, a female voice was heard calling the victim a series of extremely vulgar names, as well as stating that the woman “should be dead,” that “her husband, Tom, will have someone take care of her,” that the woman was “the devil” and “the cause of all her problems,” and that she “knows where (the woman) lives,” repeating that her husband will “have someone take care of her.”

On other messages, a male voice was heard also calling the woman vulgar names, as well as stating that “he wished (the woman) was dead” and that she “better watch (her) rear end.”

Police said that they had several contacts with the Kanes over the past few years, warning them both not to have any contact with the victim.

The Kanes are scheduled to be formally arraigned in county court on Jan. 29.